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Plant GuideMontbretia
Crocosmia × crocosmiifloraMontbretia looks like a small gladiolus until it blooms in late summer, when abundant sprays of orange, gold, or yellow star-shaped flowers are held by gracefully thin, arching, zigzag stems…
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Plant Guide‘Zagreb’ Thread-leaved tickseed
Corepsis verticillata ‘Zagreb''Zagreb' produces star-like blossoms in egg-yolk yellow in early summer on plants 12 inches tall and wide.
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Plant GuideMountain bluet
Centaurea montanaMountain bluet is an excellent choice for the border or rock garden.
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Plant Guide‘Calycanthema’ Canterbury bells
Campanula medium ‘Calycanthema’This 2- to 3-foot-tall bellflower bears single or double flowers in white, blue, or pink.
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Plant GuideWine-cups
Callirhoë involucrata
This plant resembles a rosy-purple poppy mallow that blooms all summer.
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Plant Guide
‘Chocolate Chip’ baptisia
Baptisia 'Chocolate Chip'This perennial produces milk chocolate-colored flowering buds that open in spring with golden yellow petals over blue-green foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Ursula’s Red’ Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'The broad silvery leaves of ‘Ursula’s Red’ have a showy burgundy band at the center of the leaves in spring.
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Plant GuideWrinkled giant hyssop, Korean hyssop, purple giant hyssop
Agastache rugosaThis 4-foot-tall and 18-ich-wide, bushy perennial, very similar to the more common anise hyssop ( Agastache foeniculum ) has strongly mint-and-licorice-scented leaves and short spikes of lavender-blue flowers from midsummer to…
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Plant Guide‘Rosenschale’ Japanese nemone
Anemone × hybrida 'Rosenschale'This large, single-flowered, pinkish-purple anemone blooms from August to October on stems 24 to 34 inches tall.
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Plant Guide‘September Charm’ Japanese anemone
Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm'Anemones thrive in light to partial shade but will tolerate full sun, as long as there is sufficient moisture.
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